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Through these stories, Moravia explores themes of social inequality, the struggle for survival, and human frailty, portraying them with a mix of humor, irony, and realistic observation.
Stories of a ravishing boy - Donkey years - Stories of a partisan - Daring stories
Flipping through old Italian chronicles, Stendhal finds motifs for a series of his novels in which he depicts the passions of the Middle Ages and the unrestrained madness of the Renaissance.
Contents: Bricklayer, Good earnings, Forests and pastures, Gypsies, On the light, Lady's bread, Note about the writer
The First Haircut, a short story written in 1970 and published in 1976, is the first in a series of prose pieces by Bohumil Hrabal describing Nymburk, the town where he spent his childhood. In 1981, The First Haircut was adapted for the screen by Jiry Men
"The Village of Stepanchikovo" is a humorous novel by Dostoyevsky, first published in 1859. This novel, which differs from the later, darker works of the author, is a satirical critique of social relations and human weaknesses.